Never thought it would be this hard

hiawassee1 said:

Hey Vernon, how long has it been since he started treatment? Hope all continues to go well.

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hiawassee1 said:

Well almost 3 yrs to the day, it looks like I’ll be putting Kimber down for the same reason as Tucker, Blastomycosis.
I swore after putting Tucker down that I would not have another!! Well I found Kimber and never thought it would happen a second time so short into her life. Tucker was a great dog, but Kimber has been unbelievable, she turned 3 May 1st. When the test results come back Friday, a decision will probably have to be made. It will confirm what took the vision in her right eye, and now her lymph nodes in her rear right leg are so swollen she can hardly walk. It has been a very trying 2 weeks, especially when you know your dog is painfully miserable.
Really not sure what has possibly caused this in both my dogs, but my family will not be trying with a third dog. It’s too heart wrenching, and not fair to the animals!!

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hiawassee1 said:

I do love animals, but we were and are very busy people with our 2 boys, so I felt the dog wouldn't get the attention it needed. I'm not the kind of person to chain a dog up in the yard just to say we have 1.
Well about 2.5 yrs ago they convinced me to get our first family dog. We were able to rescue a 5 month old yellow Lab from a teenager that thought she just had to have 1 of her friends puppies, that was in April 2015. After several months we were able to get him turned around, and he became a good dog. Over the next year he turned into a great family member. He adorded my kids and had to be wherever they were, fishing, swimming at the lake, and wherever we were at night in the house.
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A couple weeks ago, got what we thought was a leg injury in his joint. Dr put him on steroids, I am on duty at night so this morning I'm awaken by him breathing very heavy, felt something was wrong, so back to the vet. Tucker was diagnosed with blastomycosis, a fungal infection in his lungs, no real cure, just a very expensive treatment, with very low percentage of long term success. Out of know where, my short day made a wrong turn. I had to put my side kick down today only after 2 years, of course he turned into my dog, but the best family dog one could ever want. He had the greatest personality. I already having a hard time imagining pulling in my driveway and him not sitting on the porch waiting for me, or when I stop by at night to eat with the family and he meets me at the window, and he's waiting for me in his crate at 6 in the morning.
But I never thought it would turn out to be this hard to put a dog down. I'm hoping my wife doesn't go into depression, she is having an even harder time with it. It's amazing how much they become involved in your lives. Thanks for letting me vent, not sure I want to try and replace him.

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hiawassee1 said:

The test results came back positive on Friday for Blasto. She started to decline rather quickly, the decision was made to put her down yesterday afternoon. Not going to well with family, but we will work thru it.
She absolutely adored the boys, and if it had wheels she wanted to be on it with them.

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